A 49-year-old seafarer drowned after he was swept away by strong current while fishing near the shoreline of Brgy. Taba-ao, Sagay City, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Police identified the victim only as alias “Dodoy,” a resident of Brgy. Bato, Sagay City.
Another man, identified as alias “Joe,” 32, of Brgy. Poblacion 1, was also with him during the incident.
Investigation showed that the two were fishing near the shoreline at Purok Suyak at around 8 a.m. when the tide suddenly rose.
Police said the men were caught in the rising water and struggled to reach safety.
One of them managed to swim back to shore, while Dodoy was swept away by the current and drowned.
Local residents immediately conducted a search and rescue operation and later recovered Dodoy’s body.
The body was turned over to personnel of the Sagay City Bantay Dagat and brought to the Alfredo E. Marañon Sr. Memorial District Hospital.
Dodoy was declared dead by the attending physician.
His body remains at the hospital morgue pending post-mortem examination.*
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